Cambrian orsten lagerstätte from the alum shale formation: Fecal pellets as a probable source of phosphorus preservation

Palaios

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 225-231

  Maeda, Haruyoshi ^a   Tanaka, Gengo ^b   Shimobayashi, Norimasa ^a   Ohno, Terufumi ^c   Matsuoka, Hiroshige ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Gunma Museum of Natural History   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CRUSTACEAN; FECAL PELLET; FOSSIL RECORD; GRAVITY FLOW; LIMESTONE; PRESERVATION; SHALE; TRILOBITE; WAVELENGTH; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

SWEDEN;

AGNOSTUS PISIFORMIS; ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 79953649208     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2010.p10-042r     Document Type: Article

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